Alexei Urmanov

Alexei Yevgenyevich Urmanov (Russian: Алексей Евгеньевич Урманов​ ; born 17 November 1973) is a Russian figure skating coach and former competitor. He is the 1994 Olympic champion, the 1993 World bronze medalist, the 1997 European champion, the 1995–96 Champions Series Final champion, a four-time Russian national champion, and the 1992 Soviet national champion.

This name uses Eastern Slavic naming customs; the patronymic is Yevgenyevich and the family name is Urmanov.
Alexei Urmanov
Urmanov in 2005.
Personal information
Native nameАлексей Евгеньевич Урманов
Full nameAlexei Yevgenyevich Urmanov
Country represented Russia
Former country(ies) represented Soviet Union
Born (1973-11-17) 17 November 1973
Leningrad, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Former coachAlexei Mishin, N. Monakhova, Natalia Golubeva
Former choreographerEvgeni Serejnikov
Former skating clubYubileyny Sport Club
Trade Union Club
Began skating1977
Retired1999
Medal record
Figure skating: Men's singles
Representing  Russia
Winter Olympics
1994 Lillehammer Men's singles
World Championships
1993 PragueMen's singles
European Championships
1997 ParisMen's singles
1995 DortmundMen's singles
1994 CopenhagenMen's singles
1999 PragueMen's singles
Grand Prix Final
1995–96 ParisMen's singles
1998–99 St. PetersburgMen's singles
1996–97 HamiltonMen's singles
Representing  CIS ( Unified Team)
European Championships
1992 LausanneMen's singles
Representing the  Soviet Union
World Junior Championships
1990 Colorado SpringsMen's singles

Personal life

Urmanov was born on 17 November 1973 in Leningrad, Soviet Union.[1] In 2001, his partner, Viktoria, gave birth to twins, Ivan and Andrei. The couple married in 2004.[2]

Career

Urmanov started skating in 1977.[1] Early in his career, he was coached by N. Monakhova and Natalia Golubeva.[1]

Competing for the Soviet Union, Urmanov won the silver medal at the 1990 World Junior Championships. After the end of the Soviet Union, he chose to compete for Russia. In 1991, at age 17, he landed a quadruple jump at the European Championships.

Urmanov competed at the 1992 Winter Olympics, where he placed 5th. He won the bronze medal at the 1993 World Championships. At the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, he won the gold medal, becoming one of the youngest male figure skating Olympic champions.

Urmanov chose to remain in the competitive ranks. He became the 1997 European champion, but an injury forced him out of the 1997 World Championships after the short program and kept him from competing for a berth to the 1998 Olympics.[3] He retired from Olympic-eligible skating in 1999 and won the World Professional Championships the same year. Urmanov was coached by Alexei Mishin at the Yubileyny Sports Palace in Saint Petersburg.[1] During the 1990s, the rink often had poor-quality ice and other problems, resulting in limited training time.[4][5]

Urmanov is an Honoured Masters of Sports of the Russian Federation. He works as a skating coach[6] and an International Skating Union technical specialist. His former students include Sergei Voronov, Nodari Maisuradze, Zhan Bush, Gordei Gorshkov, Nikol Gosviani, Polina Agafonova, Anastasiia Gubanova,[7] Deniss Vasiļjevs and Yulia Lipnitskaya.[8][9] He was based in Saint Petersburg until 2014, when he moved to Sochi, to coach at the Iceberg Skating Palace.[10] He sometimes holds summer camps or clinics in other locations such as Luleå, Sweden, and Paris, France.[11]

Programs
Season Short program Free skating Exhibition
1998–99
[1]
  • Tanguera
    by Mariano Mores
  • El Choclo
    by Angel Villoldo
  • Taquito Militar
    by Mariano Mores
1997–98
  • Tanguera
    by Mariano Mores
  • El Choclo
    by Angel Villoldo
  • Taquito Militar
    by Mariano Mores
1996–97
  • Twilight Zone
  • Beatles medley
1995–96
  • Princess of the Circus
    by Emmerich Kálmán [12]
1994–95
1993–94
1992–93
  • Piano Concerto No. 1
    by Pyotr Tchaikovsky
1991–92
  • Don Quixote
    by Ludwig Minkus
  • Sorry Seems To Be
    The Hardest Word

Competitive highlights

GP: Champions Series / Grand Prix

International[1]
Event 89–90 90–91 91–92 92–93 93–94 94–95 95–96 96–97 98–99
Olympics5th1st
Worlds8th8th3rd4th4th5thWD5th
Europeans6th3rd5th3rd2nd1st3rd
GP Final1st3rd2nd
GP Nations Cup4th1st
GP Cup of Russia1st1st
GP Skate America2nd3rd
GP Skate Canada1st
Goodwill Games1st2nd
Inter. de Paris3rd
Moscow News1st
NHK Trophy3rd3rd3rd
Skate America3rd
St. Gervais1st
International: Junior[1]
Junior Worlds2nd
National[1]
Russian Champ.1st1st1st1st2nd3rd
Soviet Champ.6th3rd1st
WD: Withdrew

References
  1. "Alexei URMANOV". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 12 May 2016.
  2. Khodorovskiy, Boris (13 September 2004). Урманов женился на матери близняшек [Urmanov married a mother of twins]. Nevskiy Sport (in Russian). Archived from the original on 4 June 2016. Retrieved 22 October 2008.
  3. Vaytsekhovskaya, Elena (13 January 2004). Алексей УРМАНОВ: Многие вещи я понял только сейчас. Sport Express (in Russian). Archived from the original on 9 November 2004. Retrieved 22 October 2008.
  4. Flade, Tatyana (July–August 1994). "Olympic Stars Skating on Thin Ice at Yubileiny Palace". St. Petersburg Press. Archived from the original on 29 April 1999.
  5. Katz, Rachel (March 1995). "Local stars attack lack of facilities". St. Petersburg Press. Archived from the original on 29 April 1999.
  6. Tonkatcheeva, Oksana (2 April 2008). Алексей Урманов. Не хочу быть тренером-середняком. New Izvestia (in Russian). Archived from the original on 5 April 2008. Retrieved 22 October 2008.
  7. Bagdasarova, Maria (21 January 2013). "Alexei Urmanov – A coach's perspective". Absolute Skating.
  8. "Фигурное катание: право Юлии Липницкой на уход". MK. MK. 19 November 2015. Retrieved 19 November 2015.
  9. "Biography". www.isuresults.com. Archived from the original on 15 March 2014. Retrieved 22 March 2017.
  10. "1994 Olympic Champion Alexie Urmanov Interview 2015 ISU JGP Riga". Youtube. Youtube. Retrieved 7 September 2015.
  11. Peret, Paul (10 November 2011). "Brian Joubert Opts For Techno Rhythm". IFS Magazine. Archived from the original on 20 November 2011. Retrieved 10 November 2011.
  12. Skate Music: Season 1995–1996. www.skatemusiclist.com. Archived 16 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  13. Skating Music. www.frogsonice.com.

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